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Evans earns interior design certification
Sally Evans of Bella Interiors passed the National Council of Interior Design Qualification exam this month.
Late run lifts Lady Bulldogs to victory
A late 11-0 run lifted the Mississippi State women’s basketball team past Buffalo 72-58 in an opening-round game at the Lehigh Christmas City Classic Wednesday night at Stabler Arena.
MSU’s men complete two-week trip with loss
Mississippi State’s massive 14-day road trip ended with a 94-72 loss to St. Mary’s in the 2010 Shamrock Showcase played Wednesday night at Orleans Arena.
Pay of TVA managers frozen until 2013
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — TVA is freezing the base pay of about 3,500 managers and specialists until 2013.
Tennessee Valley Authority President Tom Kilgore said Monday the federal utility is joining the two-year pay freeze that Congress adopted for 2 million other federal employees.
Sherman Meadows: Never famous
The CBS news had a recap tonight of the famous people that died this year. They included Congressmen, Senator, Artist, Composers; men and women of power if politics and entertainment.
Lady Bulldogs open tournament today against Buffalo
The Mississippi State women’s basketball team will open play in the Christmas City Classic at 4 p.m. today against the University of Buffalo at Stabler Arena on the campus of Lehigh University.
Lucas McTaggart uses his band experience to become tech dynamo
WEST POINT — Lucas McTaggart’s kitchen table is covered in junk. Well, what the majority of people would consider junk. In this world of disposable everything, when something breaks – especially something complicated and electronic, people usually swear and buy another one. But McTaggart knows how things work.
Oktibbeha Sheriff’s department looking for Sprint Mart robbery suspects
Two men robbed the Sprint Mart located at the intersection of Blackjack Road and Oktoc Road in Starkville Thursday night.
Mississippi to teach civil rights history in all grades
HATTIESBURG — Teacher John Paola says his high school history course in southern Mississippi would be incomplete if it didn’t include an emphasis on the turbulent civil rights struggle of America’s South.
Bulldogs drop last contest at Hawaii
Kodi Augustus recorded his sixth double-double of the year and Jalen Steele had a career-high 14 points.
Salvation Army has record fund-raising weekend
During the weekend of Dec. 18-20, The Salvation Army was able to help a record number of people with food, toys and gifts.
Snow greeted most of north and northeast Mississippi Saturday morning
It was a white Christmas morning in Columbus and other parts of north and northeast Mississippi.
Sidney, Bailey suspended indefinitely
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State University Athletics Department announced Friday men’s basketball players Elgin Bailey and Renardo Sidney have been suspended indefinitely for their roles in an altercation Thursday night at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.
Bailey and Sidney were sent home from Hawaii where the team is competing in the Diamond Head Classic. They won’t play today against Hawaii or Wednesday against St. Mary’s in Las Vegas.
MSU men’s players in fight in stands
HONOLULU –Two players from Mississippi State’s basketball team fought in the stands Thursday night between games at the Diamond Head Classic
Sophomore forward Renardo Sidney and junior forward Elgin Bailey got into the altercation about 10 minutes before the tipoff of the game between tournament host Hawaii and Utah at the Stan Sheriff Center. Punches were thrown in the fight that lasted several minutes and was broken up by teammates.
MSU men rebound to beat San Diego in Hawaii
HONOLULU — The Mississippi State men’s basketball team bounced back from a loss to Washington State with a 69-52 win against San Diego on Thursday in the second round of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Riggins turns into bruising force on offense for Sulligent
SULLIGENT, Ala. — When the 2009 football season started in August, Sulligent High School senior running back Ishmael Riggins had a problem.
Instead of trying to run around the defenders who wanted to tackle him, he tried to run over them.
His behavior wasn’t unusual for someone who had played on the offensive and defensive lines the previous season. So when he received the chance to run, he took it.
Washington State men roll past MSU
HONOLULU — Second-half shooting woes proved to be costly Wednesday for the Mississippi State men’s basketball team, as Washington State overcame a halftime deficit to earn an 83-57 victory in the opening round of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Johnson attracts attention on defense for Blue Devils
SULLIGENT, Ala. — Like most high school football coaches, Josh Harper at South Lamar compiles statistics and videos to send to college recruiters, hoping a senior will get some attention and earn a football scholarship.
Once, however, he received an interesting question.
“When I put together the information and videos, I included the Sulligent game,” said Harper, whose Stallions dropped a 48-7 decision to the Blue Devils on Oct. 28. “A couple of weeks later, one of the recruiters called me back. He said he liked the kid I was talking with him about from here.
“Then he asked me, ‘Who’s that No. 72?’ I knew who he was talking about — Tony Johnson.”
Players are focus for Sulligent’s Hubbert
SULLIGENT, Ala. — Nothing is more important to Sulligent High School interim football coach Ronnie Hubbert than his players.
In his first time as a head football coach, Hubbert had to keep his squad focused when more things appeared to be happening off the field than on it.
